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romney was getting hammered in the polls. keeping them honest though, disputing or downplaying the obvious, that's what campaigns do on both sides. >> it's not going to be about the polls. >> i wouldn't put a lot of weight in any of these national polls for the next couple days. >> in terms of mitt romney surging, just remember how much of a deficit he had to make up. he was in some cases double digits behind the president in all those attributes. >> pull back the reins. >> the media is focusing on one poll. >> that's reaction to the recent batch of polling, including that devastating pew poll that showed a four point romney lead. now consider that pew took an earlier poll in september a couple weeks before the debate, it was the republicans going ballistic when it showed romney eight points down. watch. >> these polls are basically just part and parcel of the campaign for barack obama to help him stay in this game as long as possible. >> if you believe what the polls are saying right now, you've got to believe that there's s
romney was getting hammered in the polls. keeping them honest though, disputing or downplaying the obvious, that's what campaigns do on both sides. >> it's not going to be about the polls. >> i wouldn't put a lot of weight in any of these national polls for the next couple days. >> in terms of mitt romney surging, just remember how much of a deficit he had to make up. he was in some cases double digits behind the president in all those attributes. >> pull back the reins....
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. >> 18 point swing in one poll is huge. >> if we were to see that number confirmed by other poll, romney would be the favorite but it's not what we're seeing in the bulk of data. sometimes there can be a tendency to take a big headline number, when we're getting 15 or 20 polls released. if romney is doing that well among women, we will see the result confirmed by other polls quite soon. >> his people also believe that he did well from the debate independents, men, the elderly in particular. that's what their own internal polling is showing. would you agree with that? >> in the debate he was able to reposition himself toward the center of the electorate. last time we talked about, this is something very strange where romney has been playing to the base, even to some extent at his convention, he was doing that. but he shifted towards the center and obama was a little bit feeble in trying to rebut that. that's an important factor. historically candidates who can appear to be in the middle of the electorate tend to win and those on the wings tend to lose. that was a big strategic gain romney
. >> 18 point swing in one poll is huge. >> if we were to see that number confirmed by other poll, romney would be the favorite but it's not what we're seeing in the bulk of data. sometimes there can be a tendency to take a big headline number, when we're getting 15 or 20 polls released. if romney is doing that well among women, we will see the result confirmed by other polls quite soon. >> his people also believe that he did well from the debate independents, men, the elderly...
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a brand new poll of likely voters showing mitt romney out ahead and leading the president 49-45%. and look at this. since last month, the president is down six percentage points in that same poll. now, it is just one poll, but take a closer look at the numbers and there may be some pretty red flags out there for the incumbent. voters say romney did a better job at the debate on wednesday night. 66 to 20%. and that has helped change some voters views of governor romney. he's now polled even with obama among voters who see him as a quote strong leader. just last month, romney was trailing in that category, trailing, not just by a little. by 13 points, in fact. another contributing factor to obama's slide, women. this might be a surprise, but women are now evenly divided in their support of the two candidates. take a look at your screen. just last month, obama led romney by 18 points among women, so that is big. and keep in mind obama won this voting block by 13 points in 2008, so it's getting even bigger. another contributing factor to romney's big gains, voters say they think he's
a brand new poll of likely voters showing mitt romney out ahead and leading the president 49-45%. and look at this. since last month, the president is down six percentage points in that same poll. now, it is just one poll, but take a closer look at the numbers and there may be some pretty red flags out there for the incumbent. voters say romney did a better job at the debate on wednesday night. 66 to 20%. and that has helped change some voters views of governor romney. he's now polled even with...
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let's talk about the pew poll and that romney lead. could you break down those numbers. >> that's a huge lead. if that number is correct, you know, it seems to be a little bit of an outlier. we don't have a lot of information. all the polls that have been released since the debate, state polls, national polls and the average for romney is he's increased his performance by about four to five points. that's a big deal. since the convention, obama seemed to have a lead of about four points. now it's gone back to the pre-convention period where it was tied or obama had a one to two-point lead in all the polls. the best thing to do is to wait for the by the end of the week we'll have more national poll. we'll see what's showing up in the swing state. it does seem just like obama got a big bump out of his convention, mitt romney has a significant bump out of his first debate performance. >> we need to look at overall trends. overall trends clearly moving towards romney including in key voting groups. women voters, if you look at pew a month
let's talk about the pew poll and that romney lead. could you break down those numbers. >> that's a huge lead. if that number is correct, you know, it seems to be a little bit of an outlier. we don't have a lot of information. all the polls that have been released since the debate, state polls, national polls and the average for romney is he's increased his performance by about four to five points. that's a big deal. since the convention, obama seemed to have a lead of about four points....
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the poll in the free press and the pew poll not the only good news for the romney forces. they got a big boost as well in gallup's tracking poll which shows a 47-47 tie among likely voters contacted on the 4th through the 6th. in pre-debate polling, mr. obama, president obama, led by five. now, as for today's pew poll, the obama campaign takes issue with the party make-up of people surveyed, saying it tilts republican compared to september. the romney campaign, on the other hand, says it's pleased with the numbers. joining us now, jim acosta with the romney campaign in newport news, virginia and on the phone, dan lothian with president obama's campaign. jim, you're on the trail with the romney campaign. what's the reaction to the latest polling, because republicans were complaining about these polls as soon as last week. now the poll is good news for them. are they complaining? >> well, anderson, i have to tell you i just saw mitt romney standing out in a drenching rain in newport news just a couple hours ago and he still had a smile on his face. they're pretty happy. they
the poll in the free press and the pew poll not the only good news for the romney forces. they got a big boost as well in gallup's tracking poll which shows a 47-47 tie among likely voters contacted on the 4th through the 6th. in pre-debate polling, mr. obama, president obama, led by five. now, as for today's pew poll, the obama campaign takes issue with the party make-up of people surveyed, saying it tilts republican compared to september. the romney campaign, on the other hand, says it's...
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their numbers indicate a larger advantage for mitt romney than some other polls. but we look at all the poll, ashleigh. >> new ones are coming out. hey, paul, have a great weekend. thank you. >> thank you. >> and up get your rest, my friend, because on monday we're going to put you right back to work because look what's coming. the final dep presidential debate is on the way. monday our coverage starts 7:00 p.m. sharp live from boca raton, florida. [ "the odd couple" theme playing ] humans. even when we cross our "t"s and dot our "i"s, we still run into problems -- mainly other humans. at liberty mutual insurance, we understand. that's why our auto policies come with accident forgiveness if you qualify, where your rates won't go up due to your first accident, and new car replacement, where if you total your new car, we give you the money for a new one. call... to talk to an insurance expert about everything else that comes standard with our base auto policy. [ tires squeal ] and if you get into an accident and use one of our certified repair shops, your repairs ar
their numbers indicate a larger advantage for mitt romney than some other polls. but we look at all the poll, ashleigh. >> new ones are coming out. hey, paul, have a great weekend. thank you. >> thank you. >> and up get your rest, my friend, because on monday we're going to put you right back to work because look what's coming. the final dep presidential debate is on the way. monday our coverage starts 7:00 p.m. sharp live from boca raton, florida. [ "the odd couple"...
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one poll shows the former house speaker leading mitt romney in iowa. >>> penn state child molestation scandal jerry sandusky speaking out again and giving his side of the story. he says he was innocent and never had sexual contact with young boys. the former football coach sat down with an interview with the new york city, asking why he did thip like showering with kids, sleeping with them alone in hotel rooms, he said he saw them as his own children. sandusky said he never abused child's. he confirmed some details of events prosecutors cited in molesting 40 young boys. >>> lots of happy reunions in ft. hood, texas. the last of our brave men and women who served in iraq are now back with their families. this unit coordinated logistics of the drawdown and now they are home. >>> back now to our top story, herman cain's decision to suspend his campaign. our shannon travis was there when cain stepped before the cameras. really, shannon, it was difficult to discern what he was about to say, because he talked very much like a man who was still on the campaign trail. it was only until he rev
one poll shows the former house speaker leading mitt romney in iowa. >>> penn state child molestation scandal jerry sandusky speaking out again and giving his side of the story. he says he was innocent and never had sexual contact with young boys. the former football coach sat down with an interview with the new york city, asking why he did thip like showering with kids, sleeping with them alone in hotel rooms, he said he saw them as his own children. sandusky said he never abused...
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over mitt romney if you look closely among tea party supporters in the state of iowa the arg poll has gingrich at 42%, ron paul at 19%, mitt romney at 11%. you say this won't be damaging. when i was down for our tea party debate in florida, a lot of people at that luncheon consider his position to be amnesty. they didn't like it. why do you say it's not damaging? >> he explained it more. we have checked with him today because we wanted to find out more explanation, please, newt, and we got the explanation and there are a lot of us. we threw this out to the tea party and asked them what they stho thought, and listen, he's right a lot of people in the united states that have been here 20, 25 years, there's 11 million and we've got to start talking about these people as individuals. >> you're a fan of newt's. just a tad suspect, don't get me wrong, i appreciate your perspective. but i want to show you in our polling we asked people, should the focus be on deporting illegal immigrants and stopping more from coming across the boarder? 42% of democrats say that. 54% of independents. 71% of
over mitt romney if you look closely among tea party supporters in the state of iowa the arg poll has gingrich at 42%, ron paul at 19%, mitt romney at 11%. you say this won't be damaging. when i was down for our tea party debate in florida, a lot of people at that luncheon consider his position to be amnesty. they didn't like it. why do you say it's not damaging? >> he explained it more. we have checked with him today because we wanted to find out more explanation, please, newt, and we...
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latest gallup tracking poll has him leading romney by five points. some of that survey taken before the debate but a lot of it taken after. >>> starring big bird, produced after mitt romney declared he would cut funding for pbs during last week's debate. it is laced with sarcasm, casting the sesame street character as an evil corporate fiend. >> bernie madoff, ken lay, criminals, glutton of greed. and the evil genius who towered over them? one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird. big bird. big bird. >> it's me, big bird. >> a menace to our economy. mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about. it's sesame street. >> i am going to stop the subsidy to pbs. >> mitt romney, taking on our enemies, no matter where they nest. >> campaign street says the recent campaign appearances eight mentions of big bird, five mentions of elmo, zero mentions of libya and zero plans to fix the economy, saying that the big bird references are small. every time that ad has been p y played this morning, everyone has erupted in laughter. >> that
latest gallup tracking poll has him leading romney by five points. some of that survey taken before the debate but a lot of it taken after. >>> starring big bird, produced after mitt romney declared he would cut funding for pbs during last week's debate. it is laced with sarcasm, casting the sesame street character as an evil corporate fiend. >> bernie madoff, ken lay, criminals, glutton of greed. and the evil genius who towered over them? one man has the guts to speak his name....
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polls show 55% of ohio voters are on the wrong track. almost the same exact percentage where iowa where unemployment is down to 5.1%, but pessimism about the economy is high. the republican governor's website is crowing about all of the new jobs and increase in family incomes here. romney's ad talks about controlling spending, not doom and gloom. >> president romney is working toward a balanced budget, making sure the government lives within its means. >> reporter: a similar situation in virginia where unemployment is down from a high of 6.4% last year to 5.6% now. the romney ad in virginia talks about offshore drilling. >> president obama romney creates thousand of new jobs. some republican strategists say the romney message can go hand in hand with republican governors who are promoting lower unemployment. >> it's a one-two punch. the first punch is you can take the states that are doing well and give credit to the governors because they're taking innovative approaches and raise that up and give them credit and the second punch is romn
polls show 55% of ohio voters are on the wrong track. almost the same exact percentage where iowa where unemployment is down to 5.1%, but pessimism about the economy is high. the republican governor's website is crowing about all of the new jobs and increase in family incomes here. romney's ad talks about controlling spending, not doom and gloom. >> president romney is working toward a balanced budget, making sure the government lives within its means. >> reporter: a similar...
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mitt romney is not so good with metaphor. i think we've learned that. >> obviously the polls say it's pretty close. is this going to be a really aggressive tightly forged contest? >> i do. we could be proven wrong. right now, we have an economy that seems to be improving incrementally. it's very vague. in that uncertainty, you have i think the recipe for a nail biter of an election. >> what about this whole vp issue? this discrepancy about rubio. mitt romney says he was. something's going down. i don't think mitt romney would say he was. if he wasn't taking him seriously as eye a contender? >> i'm going out on a limb and saying i'm pretty sure rubio is not the choice. he doesn't have an enormous amount of experience. coming out of 2008 with all the questions raised about sarah palin he not sarah palin. they have to veer toward a candidate of whom they can say with great certainty this person's ready to take over the presidency day two if that somehow happened. i don't think rubio's going to be the guy. i don't think the romne
mitt romney is not so good with metaphor. i think we've learned that. >> obviously the polls say it's pretty close. is this going to be a really aggressive tightly forged contest? >> i do. we could be proven wrong. right now, we have an economy that seems to be improving incrementally. it's very vague. in that uncertainty, you have i think the recipe for a nail biter of an election. >> what about this whole vp issue? this discrepancy about rubio. mitt romney says he was....
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romney leading obama here, 48% to 47% in our cnn poll of polls. and, john, i'm wondering, since we're seeing this post debate swing, it appears toward romney, are the predebate polls in ohio that show that obama lead, are those pretty much null and void? >> i would wait until the top of the hour and release our new cnn poll from the state of ohio. i talked to the romney campaign, some sources in the romney campaign a short time ago, and they say they have governor romney down one point in ohio. we'll show you our numbers at the top of the hour. there is no question the national polls show a debate bounce and you feel it on the ground, talking to people here, talking to republican strategists in the state and the obama campaign can see, they may dispute the numbers but they can see this is a place where governor romney got a bounce after the first debate. this is a place he needed it. no republican has won the presidency without ohio. seven points, eight points, minus ten for governor romney, just a week ago, some republicans were saying is there a
romney leading obama here, 48% to 47% in our cnn poll of polls. and, john, i'm wondering, since we're seeing this post debate swing, it appears toward romney, are the predebate polls in ohio that show that obama lead, are those pretty much null and void? >> i would wait until the top of the hour and release our new cnn poll from the state of ohio. i talked to the romney campaign, some sources in the romney campaign a short time ago, and they say they have governor romney down one point in...
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. >>> a new poll shows mitt romney out in front. the president's poor debate performance apparently giving the challenger a boost. but for how long? >>> companies are now using the election to sell their products. "newsroom" starts now. >>> good morning to you. thank you so much for joining us. i'm carol costello. one of the most reviled men in the country faces sentencing. the hearing is scheduled to start right now for convicted child rapist jerry sandusky, former football coach at penn state faces life in prison for 45 counts of child sex abuse. a ajury found he sexually abused ten boys over a 15-year period. some of those victims and sandusky himself are expected to address the judge during this morning's aproceedings. the most stunning development may have come hours ago, releasing an audio recording from jail, saying he is the victim. >> they can take away my life. they can make me out as a monster. they can treat me as a monster but they can't take away my heart. in my heart i know i did not do these alleged, disgust iing act
. >>> a new poll shows mitt romney out in front. the president's poor debate performance apparently giving the challenger a boost. but for how long? >>> companies are now using the election to sell their products. "newsroom" starts now. >>> good morning to you. thank you so much for joining us. i'm carol costello. one of the most reviled men in the country faces sentencing. the hearing is scheduled to start right now for convicted child rapist jerry...
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and romney is not as likable as barack obama at least according to the polls. the president as a problem because he doesn't want to give up his advantage on that front. >> for you, it's a lot less about the president, even though the advice would be even though you're not allowed to give advice, but hypothetically, it would be don't talk about the past or the bumps in the road. feel your pain. the president can feel your pain? it is. this whole thing is about empathy. so this is legal. he's the child of a single mom who had to struggle. scholarships and look where he is today. i've been where you've been. and i can help you get to where you want to go. the other guy, however, as even the republicans said looks like the guy who just laid your daddy off. >> you know, i think the problem for both of these campaigns is the american public views both of these candidates as elites in one way or the other. one may be the financial elite, the other may be an academic elite, right? but they're both not regarded as somebody who really feels your pain. >> interesting. tha
and romney is not as likable as barack obama at least according to the polls. the president as a problem because he doesn't want to give up his advantage on that front. >> for you, it's a lot less about the president, even though the advice would be even though you're not allowed to give advice, but hypothetically, it would be don't talk about the past or the bumps in the road. feel your pain. the president can feel your pain? it is. this whole thing is about empathy. so this is legal....
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romney is to see where he can get. can he get to 30? he is at 24 in some polls. it will be very complicated. on the president's side he has a big advantage. >> we hear that the population itself really is the fastest growing immigrant population here in the country. but it is different groups within the hispanic community because cuban americans are voting very differently than puerto ricans. >> but even then, the -- people assume cuban americans inside florida -- there has been a shift towards immigrants. everyone assumes puerto ricans in central florida. they are u.s. citizens by birth. they vote democrat and they don't. latinos as a community tend to be conservatives and focus on the family. they gravitate towards the democratic party. the message from the republicans is slowly gaining ground. probably not enough ground to make up a big difference. and the percentage mr. romney needs to be able to win in november. >> all right. juan carlos, always good to talk to you. we are hearing motorcycles because it is part of the motorcade associated with the president
romney is to see where he can get. can he get to 30? he is at 24 in some polls. it will be very complicated. on the president's side he has a big advantage. >> we hear that the population itself really is the fastest growing immigrant population here in the country. but it is different groups within the hispanic community because cuban americans are voting very differently than puerto ricans. >> but even then, the -- people assume cuban americans inside florida -- there has been a...
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one early poll showed mitt romney beating president obama 55-37. among independent voters. that's one of the reasons why some objective viewers say he's more electable. some republicans think newt gingrich is more electable. >> maria, what is your view here, especially since you've been through this and seeing what happens when you have -- in your case, hillary clinton and barack obama going state by state down to the wire before we knew who the nominee would be. >> well, i guess i'll say a couple of things, first to john's point about the swing states. this is not a surprise. this is not a surprise to the white house or this president. this president will be the first one to tell you, and he has said it very recently, that he thinks he's the underdog in this race. and the economy does make him the underdog in this race. so they are running like the underdog as they should be and what he is doing right now is what he should be doing, which is delineating the differences between what his vision is of a plan that will actually create jobs up to 2 million by independent analys
one early poll showed mitt romney beating president obama 55-37. among independent voters. that's one of the reasons why some objective viewers say he's more electable. some republicans think newt gingrich is more electable. >> maria, what is your view here, especially since you've been through this and seeing what happens when you have -- in your case, hillary clinton and barack obama going state by state down to the wire before we knew who the nominee would be. >> well, i guess...
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this is the new poll from pew and it indicates romney with a four-point advantage, within the sampling error but look at the september numbers, an eight poi eight-point advantage for the president. let's go to gallup. this is of registered voters conducted both before and after the debate and you can see the president with a five-point advantage. so it is interesting, two different polls, two different stories here. we're going sto see a couple moe national polls to get a sense of how much of a bounce romney got from the debate. i always say this, the battle for the white house is a battle for states and the electoral votes. go to this out of michigan, michigan a state where mitt romney was born. look at these numbers if we have them. look at the president's advantage in michigan. it was ten points back in september. that was the lead. now it's just down to three, which is within the sampling error. we have a lot of polls coming out to analyze. >> that looks like a lot more people came into it than dropped out of it or changed. there's only a wee difference between obama's slide but a
this is the new poll from pew and it indicates romney with a four-point advantage, within the sampling error but look at the september numbers, an eight poi eight-point advantage for the president. let's go to gallup. this is of registered voters conducted both before and after the debate and you can see the president with a five-point advantage. so it is interesting, two different polls, two different stories here. we're going sto see a couple moe national polls to get a sense of how much of a...
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our new cnn poll shows mitt romney atop the gop pack. but gingrich is on his heels and up 14 points from just a month ago. a second new national poll out tonight reinforces just how polarized our political environment is these days. the battleground survey conducted from politico at george washington university finds the country evenly divided when voters are asked to choose between reelecting president obama or picking an unnamed republican opponent for president. and evenly divided again when asked if they plan to vote democrat or republican for congress next fall. that survey was conducted by gomez and lake with us tonight. so let's start there. we have this 43-43. i was going to say 50-50 country. but there is a group in the middle that doesn't know what to make of anything. i have this theory sometimes in 2008 a country elects a president who is probably a little bit left to the country as a whole. then in 2010, the tea party comes along and elects a house and goes probably a little further to the right than the country is as a whol
our new cnn poll shows mitt romney atop the gop pack. but gingrich is on his heels and up 14 points from just a month ago. a second new national poll out tonight reinforces just how polarized our political environment is these days. the battleground survey conducted from politico at george washington university finds the country evenly divided when voters are asked to choose between reelecting president obama or picking an unnamed republican opponent for president. and evenly divided again when...
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and that's got to worry the romney campaign, that gingrich is now ahead in iowa and new polls have him vastly ahead in south carolina and even places like pennsylvania. the race looks like it may be starting to find its nonromney candidate. and if so, i don't think mitt romney is going to be the nominee. >> and if so, sherry, can gingrich take advantage of his surge, or has it come at a point where maybe he doesn't have the resources and infrastructure. we do know as he went up in the polls this week, he won't be on the ballot for the missouri primary, because his team missed a filing deadline. that's campaign 101. there are caucuses, the campaign says it will play in those. but they missed some opportunities, because of their -- the bad stretch, if you will. >> well, the opportunities weren't there, because he had the bad stretch. he lost all that staff last summer, and people wrote him off for dead. we saw that with john mccain, by the way, in 2008. but his strengths are the debates. that's why he is where he is. these debates matter. last night's debate, i think, mattered more than
and that's got to worry the romney campaign, that gingrich is now ahead in iowa and new polls have him vastly ahead in south carolina and even places like pennsylvania. the race looks like it may be starting to find its nonromney candidate. and if so, i don't think mitt romney is going to be the nominee. >> and if so, sherry, can gingrich take advantage of his surge, or has it come at a point where maybe he doesn't have the resources and infrastructure. we do know as he went up in the...
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the poll today in key states, pennsylvania, ohio, romney is dead heat with president obama. president obama beats herman cain by ten points. beats him easily. >> what about herman cain? people have been rising up in comparison to mitt romney and they bounce back down. herman cain, though, has been staying pretty steady, despite this, these allegations that have been swirling around him. >> at least so far he has turned it in to a fund-raising advantage. we will see if he can turn it in to an organize tg advantage. the key test is 54 nights from tonight in iowa. that where he needs to prove you are a serious candidate. you prove that by winning. he has raised a lot of money but his unfavorable ratings are going up and at a consistent pace over the course of the last few days. republican women are peeling off his candidacy. it tends to be more women than men that vote in the iowa caucuses. a lot of republicans say he didn't answer the allegations in detail and he needs to be less testy. in answering them. he seems for now to be getting away with it because people find him lika
the poll today in key states, pennsylvania, ohio, romney is dead heat with president obama. president obama beats herman cain by ten points. beats him easily. >> what about herman cain? people have been rising up in comparison to mitt romney and they bounce back down. herman cain, though, has been staying pretty steady, despite this, these allegations that have been swirling around him. >> at least so far he has turned it in to a fund-raising advantage. we will see if he can turn it...
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one early poll showed mitt romney beating president obama 55-37. among independent voters. that's one of the reasons why some objective viewers say he's more electable. some republicans think newt gingrich is more electable. >> maria, what is your view here, especially since you've been through this and seeing what happens when you have -- in your case, hillary clinton and barack obama going state by state down to the wire before we knew who the nominee would be. >> well, i guess i'll say a couple of things, first to john's point about the swing states. this is not a surprise. this is not a surprise to the white house or this president. this president will be the first one to tell you, and he has said it very recently, that he thinks he's the underdog in this race. and the economy does make him the underdog in this race. so they are running like the underdog as they should be and what he is doing right now is what he should be doing, which is delineating the differences between what his vision is of a plan that will actually create jobs up to 2 million by independent analys
one early poll showed mitt romney beating president obama 55-37. among independent voters. that's one of the reasons why some objective viewers say he's more electable. some republicans think newt gingrich is more electable. >> maria, what is your view here, especially since you've been through this and seeing what happens when you have -- in your case, hillary clinton and barack obama going state by state down to the wire before we knew who the nominee would be. >> well, i guess...
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in a bloomberg news poll support the president's policy shift. and all governor romney can do is paint it as a diversion. >> you will see throughout the next four months, the president continually trying to change the subject from the economy. and, of course, to a certain degree, it works. >> let's talk truth tonight with yah yahoo! news and cnn political contribut contributor, and republican strategist anna navarro. your guy is boxed in. what does he say now when he goes to a latino event next week where he hoped to say here's what i'm going to do. >> we'll see. he hasn't spoken about immigration since the primary. thing is a big day. >> does it disappoint you he won't even say what he would do on day one if he wins? he says i want to deal with this long-term with legislation. but he won't say what happens on day one, two, three, month four, five. >> he doesn't need to. four years ago at this same conference both obama and romney are going to be at this week, barack obama said -- gave a deadli deadline. said in one year i'm going to do immigrati
in a bloomberg news poll support the president's policy shift. and all governor romney can do is paint it as a diversion. >> you will see throughout the next four months, the president continually trying to change the subject from the economy. and, of course, to a certain degree, it works. >> let's talk truth tonight with yah yahoo! news and cnn political contribut contributor, and republican strategist anna navarro. your guy is boxed in. what does he say now when he goes to a...
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you saw chris christie on the stump tonight for mitt romney. you see the polls for newt gingrich and republicans having a mutiny against newt gingrich, some of them. so you know what, maybe it's time for a new candidate. we have one, exclusively going to announce his candidacy and he's going to talk about why he felt he needed to run. next. not your favorite but it's time for your medicine, okay? you ready? one, two, three. [ both ] ♪ emma, emma bo-bemma ♪ banana-fana-fo-femma ♪ fee-fi-fo-femma ♪ em-ma very good sweety, how do you feel? good. yeah? you did a really good job, okay? [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson. [ woman on r♪ bum-bum,stinct ] to nur bum-bum, bum-bum ♪ ♪ bum-bum - ♪ ai, ai, ai - ♪ bum-bum - ♪ bum-bum, bum-bum - ♪ [ ice rattles rhythmically ] ♪ bum-bum, bum-bum, bum-bum ♪ ♪ [ imitates guitar noise ] ♪ [ vocalizing up-tempo heavy metal song ] ♪ [ vocalizing continues ] ♪ [ all singing ] the redesigned, 8-passenger pilot. smarter thinking. from honda. >
you saw chris christie on the stump tonight for mitt romney. you see the polls for newt gingrich and republicans having a mutiny against newt gingrich, some of them. so you know what, maybe it's time for a new candidate. we have one, exclusively going to announce his candidacy and he's going to talk about why he felt he needed to run. next. not your favorite but it's time for your medicine, okay? you ready? one, two, three. [ both ] ♪ emma, emma bo-bemma ♪ banana-fana-fo-femma ♪...
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here's the poll, cain and romney in a dead het, paul, bachmann, gingrich and perry down here. nut gish rich is moving up. this is a cain/romney race. cain is the conservative although naifk to romney at the moment. nen comes new hampshire 61 days from today. romney is the former massachusetts governor. who is in second place? herman cain. rick perry doesn't make the top five in new hampshire. the problems for the texas governor, last night's debate was part of the rebound strategy. again, it's romney, cain, gingrich. perry slightly in play here. romney and cain are the dynamic. after south carolina anderson comes the state of florida, 82 days away. this is sounding familiar, right? cain leads in a new poll today. newt gingrich is up to 17% in florida. rick perry in single digits. he got into this race and everyone assumed he'd be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. at the moment it's herman cain. a lot of republicans assume herman cain will slip. gingrich they say is best positioned to take on romney. we have that giant question mark, anderson. we've been waiting to s
here's the poll, cain and romney in a dead het, paul, bachmann, gingrich and perry down here. nut gish rich is moving up. this is a cain/romney race. cain is the conservative although naifk to romney at the moment. nen comes new hampshire 61 days from today. romney is the former massachusetts governor. who is in second place? herman cain. rick perry doesn't make the top five in new hampshire. the problems for the texas governor, last night's debate was part of the rebound strategy. again, it's...
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you saw chris christiane the stump for mitt romney, you see the poll for newt gingrich and republicans having a mutiny against newt gingrich, some of them. so you know what? maybe it's time for a new candidate. we have one exclusively going to announce his candidacy and he's going to talk about why he felt he needed to run, next. citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. >>> we have some exciting news tonight. "outfront" is here with a new presidential candidate. someone we haven't met before and we don't think you have either. but they really might be shaking up this campaign, big time. it's a he, and he's not just any old politician. he's a muppet. so let's not wait any longer. let's bring our guest on. with us is mr. wozniki. thank you so much. you've got your platform, sir. what do you have to say to america? >> first of all, i want to thank you for having me on to speak with you and to be talking together as we are now and i thank you for the opportunity. basically, here's the deal. i was driving in my car a
you saw chris christiane the stump for mitt romney, you see the poll for newt gingrich and republicans having a mutiny against newt gingrich, some of them. so you know what? maybe it's time for a new candidate. we have one exclusively going to announce his candidacy and he's going to talk about why he felt he needed to run, next. citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. >>> we have some exciting news tonight....
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you have the president ahead now, this same poll back in may had governor romney ahead. in one of the biggest battleground states they have to feel better about that. we thought after the wisconsin recall, boy, should we make that a tossup? might that be trending republican? a new poll out of wisconsin the other day shows the president, again, this is still close. the president still on top in this battleground state. dan, i'm interested in getting your take on this one. also new numbers out of michigan. this has to have the romney campaign encouraged. he went through on the bus tour, 47% to 46%. when you look state by state, dan, you have six or seven tossup states, three or more states we call battleground states. what strikes you at this point 138 days out? >> a couple things are important. one, if the whole water table moves in a direction toward the president or governor romney, these holds will begin to look dimpb different. we are to take all of these as you well know with some reservation at this point, but i'm struck by those numbers in michigan. i would not hav
you have the president ahead now, this same poll back in may had governor romney ahead. in one of the biggest battleground states they have to feel better about that. we thought after the wisconsin recall, boy, should we make that a tossup? might that be trending republican? a new poll out of wisconsin the other day shows the president, again, this is still close. the president still on top in this battleground state. dan, i'm interested in getting your take on this one. also new numbers out of...
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since then, newt gingrich risen to the top of the polls, both nationally and iowa. january 3rd kicks off the caucus spotlight. you played good sound there. there was back and forth between gingrich and mitt romney, the former governor over who is a career politician and who isn't. take a listen. >> we have differences of viewpoint on some issues but the real difference, i believe, is our backgrounds. i spent my life in the private sector. i understand how the economy works. >> the only reason you didn't become a career politician, you lost to teddy kennedy in 1974. >> wait a second. >> it wasn't just that. there was also ron paul of it texas, the texas congressman, and michele bachmann, the congresswoman from minnesota, rick santorum and rick perry going after gingrich to a degree. it seemed he had pretty much an answer for almost every attack. i think a lot of people are saying that newt gingrich really did no harm to his frontrunner status in the debate. fred? >> and so paul, what about mitt romney? wanting to bet 10,000 bucks, $10,000, any backlash? >> yeah. you
since then, newt gingrich risen to the top of the polls, both nationally and iowa. january 3rd kicks off the caucus spotlight. you played good sound there. there was back and forth between gingrich and mitt romney, the former governor over who is a career politician and who isn't. take a listen. >> we have differences of viewpoint on some issues but the real difference, i believe, is our backgrounds. i spent my life in the private sector. i understand how the economy works. >> the...
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it's interesting in that poll that mitt romney has a three-point lead over barack obama. so i do think at the end of the day as this campaign goes along, the fact that somebody can beat barack obama becomes tremendously important, makes that person even more attractive, but there's still two months to go in this republican race. i don't discount that this is going to continue to be topsy-turvy. only three% in the poll said they strongly support their candidate. there's a lot of room for change in the republican race. it's that volatile. >>> the republican presidential candidate will face off again at the cnn republican national security debate on november 22nd at 8:00 p.m. eastern, just a week from tomorrow live from washington. >>> coming up, more arrests today in the kidnapping of wilson ramos in venezuela. we'll hear what ramos had to say after he was rescued. >>> the latest on the search for a 2-year-old boy missing from outside seattle. what police are saying about the hundreds of tips they're getting. man: my eltrill s king ban this team of guinea pigs to ty bo so t
it's interesting in that poll that mitt romney has a three-point lead over barack obama. so i do think at the end of the day as this campaign goes along, the fact that somebody can beat barack obama becomes tremendously important, makes that person even more attractive, but there's still two months to go in this republican race. i don't discount that this is going to continue to be topsy-turvy. only three% in the poll said they strongly support their candidate. there's a lot of room for change...
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you saw the ohio poll, the cnn poll that came out today. obama 51%, romney 47%. that's within the margin of error. the new hampshire poll, wmur granite state poll now has obama 47% to 41%, back in september it was obama 54%, 39% for romney. the michigan likely voters choice is now 48%, 45% obama over romney. it was ten points in september 47%, 37%. what's going on here, james? >> i think the race has tightened since the debate. i'm a democrat, so i don't attack pollsters, fact checkers, evolutionary scientists, climate scientists or anything like that. the truth of the matter is it's tightened. the poll of polls and the national numbers seems to be around one. and we'll move on with the rest of the campaign. no sense in attacking pollsters here. no doubt that governor romney has done himself some good since that debate. and we'll see where we go from here. we can say i'm not going to attack scientists or fact checkers or pollsters. >> ari, you're not attacking fact checkers or pollsters either, are you? >> last i looked. no, wolf, that's exactly right. the debate
you saw the ohio poll, the cnn poll that came out today. obama 51%, romney 47%. that's within the margin of error. the new hampshire poll, wmur granite state poll now has obama 47% to 41%, back in september it was obama 54%, 39% for romney. the michigan likely voters choice is now 48%, 45% obama over romney. it was ten points in september 47%, 37%. what's going on here, james? >> i think the race has tightened since the debate. i'm a democrat, so i don't attack pollsters, fact checkers,...
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they just don't want mitt romney. >> i love to hear that because, if mitt romney has all of those problems, why is he beating barack obama in all of the polls. >> he's not. >> back on the substance of the question you asked me and had hilary, i think it's far worse that freddie mac and fannie mae have taken so many trillions of dollars that in effect was taxpayer money, taxpayer guaranteed money and squandered it on giving loans to people who had no means of paying back the loans. that in many ways is what triggered the 2008 financial crisis and has not been addressed by president obama in any shape, way or form. whatever newt took dwarfs the damage those institutions have done. now the right question is, what reforms are necessary to fix fannie mae and freddie mac. at least newt is on the right side with those issues. now he's seeking reforms. that's the bigger picture that is a more healthy thing for the country's economy. >> those institutions actually weren't fixed under ari's former boss george bush and when barack obama came to office he and the democratic congress actually did pass
they just don't want mitt romney. >> i love to hear that because, if mitt romney has all of those problems, why is he beating barack obama in all of the polls. >> he's not. >> back on the substance of the question you asked me and had hilary, i think it's far worse that freddie mac and fannie mae have taken so many trillions of dollars that in effect was taxpayer money, taxpayer guaranteed money and squandered it on giving loans to people who had no means of paying back the...
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polls in terms of women voters. but democrat strategists know that that is a winning block, the women voters. so they are seizing on this last comment in the debate about "binders full of women," take a listen about what happened a short while ago. >> they eliminate help for families who want to send their kids to college, like that beautiful baby over there. i don't blame her for crying. i don't blame that baby for crying. that baby -- that baby knows what is in store for him or her if romney wins. >> on tuesday, when governor romney was asked a direct question in the last debate about equal pay for women, he started talking about binders. binders. but all of a sudden romney claims he doesn't have a five trillion tax cut. where did it go? the president -- well you got it. the president has a new term. he calls it "romnesia". >> so shannon, first thing -- >> and the binders first, obviously, the other thing was not a besi-- binder's thing, he trying to quiet a baby, do they stand a chance on that, does it resonate o
polls in terms of women voters. but democrat strategists know that that is a winning block, the women voters. so they are seizing on this last comment in the debate about "binders full of women," take a listen about what happened a short while ago. >> they eliminate help for families who want to send their kids to college, like that beautiful baby over there. i don't blame her for crying. i don't blame that baby for crying. that baby -- that baby knows what is in store for him...